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461 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 806.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… publication, Storrs was visited by Calvin French, preaching Miller’s views on the second advent. Storrs offered him the use of his “House of Prayer” for their …

462 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 806.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… by Storrs in his brochure. So he revised his Six Sermons, and published five thousand more copies in newspaper form at New York City, where he was then preaching …

463 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 807.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… on Storrs’s side. Other ministers followed. In 1843 his Six Sermons were also published in England to the number of ten thousand. And about this time a number …

464 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 807.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

But there was opposition. Miller himself took Storrs to task in the Midnight Cry, of May 23, 1844, with these strong words:

465 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 807.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Br. Storrs’ views of the intermediate state, and end of the wicked.” Midnight Cry, May 23, 1844, p. 355.

466 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 807.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Storrs had marked ability as a writer, and in 1843 started the Bible Examiner in Albany, which advocated the coming of Christ in 1843-1844. He was an able expositor …

467 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 808 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

IX. Storrs Holds to Standard Outlines of Daniel

468 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 808.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . George Storrs, The Bible Examiner, pp. 3-15.

469 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 808.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , continued Storrs. The pope no longer has power to depose kings and put the saints to death as of yore. So in the outline of Daniel 7 we have already passed the …

470 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 809.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… said Storrs. More will be heard from him shortly.Ibid., pp. 33-57.

471 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 814.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… ,” which Storrs had introduced and which leaders like Miller, Litch, Hale, Bliss, and Himes could not see. Others were concerned over the Scriptural sanctification …

472 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 817.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

But now, from the Exeter camp onward, the heralds of the seventh-month message contended that the previous “cry” was only a general, preliminary alarm, and that the “True Midnight Cry” was now sounding in verity. Thus Storrs asserted:

473 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 817.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… .” George Storrs, “Go Ye Out to Meet Him,” in The Advent Herald, Oct. 9, 1844. p. 73.

474 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 818.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Moreover, the expression “midnight” was given definite and literal time significance, and the tarrying time was considered as six months, from the spring disappointment to the autumnal expectation. So Storrs reasoned:

475 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 818.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , Snow, Storrs, and those first championing the tenth day of the seventh-month position were positive in their personal conviction and aggressive in publicly …

476 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 821.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Examiner (Storrs), True Midnight Cry (Snow), and Coming of Christ, for free distribution (Midnight Cry, Oct. 11, 1844, p. 117, col. 3). “By running the presses day and night …

477 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 822.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… did. Storrs’s last message, given through the Midnight Cry of October 3, employed the figure of a large rock island in the middle of the ocean. His was an appeal …

478 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 828.8 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… by Storrs and Fitch. He even came to deny the application of the parable of the “Midnight Cry” to the seventh-month movement, and eventually went so far as to declare …

479 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 833.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… neither Storrs, Bates, White, Jacobs, nor Marsh was there. And Fitch had died just before the autumnal Disappointment. There were, in fact, quite a few dissenting …

480 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 838.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… did Storrs. So they waited, expecting the real “Midnight Cry” and the true “shut door” in the near future. Thus quite a number pushed the 1844 date forward to 1845 …